Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
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= The alarming disease Of this
country is nervous debility and
prosGation. It goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-'
tions for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
in the, United States is de-
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are so
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark, The majority Of sui
cides, committed without APP
parent reason, or underso-called
t'dcprcssion of spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assail the
springs of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
Strength and woinan's useful
mess and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they2 The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the IN
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles of pow.
.erty; the use of narcotics and
stilnulants; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and fill the lunatic asylunds
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
lish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as it
is seated in the Nerves and in
the organs Of Digestion, Assim-
ilation and Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally starred;
even when there is no enact
alton to tell The sad story.
Nervous prostration sends
out its Headache
in the morning; persistent
dull heaviness or aching ut the
base of the brain; wakefulness;
loss of appetite and disgustwith
food; loss of mental energy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; restlessness and anx-
.iety without any ossignable
re ason; quotations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitation of the heart; sal
1owncss Of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual fnlure of
strength and ambition.
The remedy is total aban-
donment of the habits and GUS
toms which cause the disease
: in each individual case, and the
use of Shaker" Ert'act Of Roots
-lSeigcl's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done, This
great remedy, prepared by tho
Shaker Community of Mt. Leb-
anon, N. Y, is especially adapt
ed TO eradicate Nervous Dys-
pcpsia To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the disordered stom-
acb, liver and kidneys, restor-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion Of bile, ex-
polling waste matters from the
system, and purify Tying the blood.
Upon the nervous system
Shaker Ertract(Seigel'sSy
acts rs q safe and wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
the nerves to regain their nat
71ral tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function of nutrition.
It is safe to say more ncrv-
Gus dyspeptics have been re-
stored by it from the depths
of misery to a fresh enjoyment
of life and labor than by any
or all other forms of treatment
combined. -..-..
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